Upcoming Events

A subscription to the Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation makes a wonderful Christmas Gift for a relative or a friend. As a member you receive discounted prime theatre tickets, opportunity to attend talks, events, cocktail parties, dinners and receive the Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation bi-monthly Newsletter. Annual Subscription: $11.00 Life Subscription: $77.00 Phone Carol Martin for details on 02 9955 5444.

White Christmas Sing-A-Long at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Cremorne. Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye) team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in showbusiness. One winter, they join forces with a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen) and trek to Vermont for a White Christmas. Of course there’s requisite fun with the ladies, but the real adventure starts when Crosby & Kaye discover that the Inn is run by their…

THE ILLUSIONISTS held in Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Edge of your seat magic direct from Broadway. Having smashed box office records and dazzled audiences around the globe, eight illusionists will astound you with this brand new show, packed with astonishing, death defying acts of visual, mental and optical illusion. This extravaganza of mind-blowing feats will astound you with thrills and sophistication. A non stop journey through the minds and marvels of some of the world’s greatest illusionists. Mind bending…

THE NUTCRACKER & I, by Alexandra Dariescu held at the City Recital Hall Angel Place Sydney with Alexandra Dariescu & Désirée Ballantyne Renowned Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s enchanting Christmas tale merges piano, ballet and state-of-the art digital animations in a trailblazing multimedia treat for all ages. Behind a see-through gauze screen, Dariescu is at the grand piano playing 15 virtuosic score movements as ballerina Désirée Ballantyne who dances in-sync with digitally projected characters, creating more than 35,000…

A ROOM WITH A VIEW, by E.M. Porster held at the Genesian Theatre 420 Kent Street Sydney. Set in the Edwardian era, Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman, visits Italy under the charge of her older cousin Charlotte. At their pension, or guesthouse, in Florence, they are given rooms that look into the courtyard rather than out over the river Arno. Mr. Emerson, a fellow guest, generously offers them the rooms belonging to himself and his son George. Although Charlotte is…

North Sydney Council Seniors Week Event Seaborn Cinema, Suite 3 (ground floor) 20 Young Street Neutral Bay. There will be a screening of a film of a prizewinning play ‘Codgers’ by Don Reid and adapted by celebrated director Wayne Harrison, followed by a Q&A session with members of the production, conversation and refreshments (light lunch). This will be a celebration of the love of life on Valentine’s day and we will be collaborating with actor Grant Dodwell and his Australian…

THE BIG TIME, by David Williamson held at the Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli. Celia and Vicki were best friends at drama school, but the game of life has dealt them very different hands. Celia is a high-profile soap star earning ridiculous amounts of money and the requisite harbour views. Meanwhile Vicki by in gritty, critically acclaimed roles in independent theatre. When Vicki proposes they collaborate on an ambitious new film project. It could be a big opportunity for both of them…

Dates to put in your diary for 2019 Yum Cha Lunch at Palace Piccadilly Arcade, Saturday 23 March 2019 Lunch at the Women’s Club, Thursday 9 May 2019 with a surprise guest   More information in our next Newsletter February 2019 or ring Carol Martin in January for more information.